Madeira lantern fish (Ceratoscopelus maderensis)

Scientific name: Ceratoscopelus maderensis Lowe, 1839

Madeira lantern fish (Ceratoscopelus maderensis)

The Madeira lantern fish (Ceratoscopelus maderensis) is a marine fish of the family Myctophidae.

Biology

High-oceanic, schooling, found between 650-700 m during the day and between 51-250 m at night with size stratification with depth. Depth range from 460-1082 m1 in the eastern Ionian Sea. Juveniles are nyctoepipelagic at the surface. Feeds on copepods and adult or larval forms of other planktonic crustaceans.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ceratoscopelus maderensis
Family
Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)
Order
Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
8.1
Depth range
51–1082 m (167–3550 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous; depth range 51 - 1082 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: France to Mauritania, including the Mediterranean. Reported from Iceland. Western Atlantic: Slope Water and Gulf Streams regions from 50?N to 30?N. Northwest Atlantic: Canada.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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